Kansas Retooling for Another Season of Struggle
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kansas Retooling for Another Season of Struggle

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Kansas aims to bounce back from a disappointing season last year, with the Jayhawks poised to live up to preseason billing. The team has made significant additions to its roster, including A.J. Storr and Zeke Mayo, who bring much-needed scoring power and playmaking ability. They have also added veteran guard Dajuan Harris Jr. and several other talented freshmen, including Flory Bidunga, to bolster their depth and experience. The Jayhawks open the season against Howard and face a tough schedule that includes games against North Carolina, Michigan State, Duke, and North Carolina State before the Big 12 conference opener.

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No. 9 Kansas State women cruise to a 92-66 win over DePaul in Ball Dawgs Classic consolation game
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

No. 9 Kansas State women cruise to a 92-66 win over DePaul in Ball Dawgs Classic consolation game

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The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! 9 Kansas State to a 92-66 victory over DePaul on Wednesday in a consolation game of the Ball Dawgs Classic. Kansas State: Lee, the preseason Big 12 Player of the Year, is 25 points away from passing Kendra Wecker for the K-State career scoring record. …

Wildcats Aim to Return to NCAA Tournament After Missing Out in Jerome Tang's Second Season
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Wildcats Aim to Return to NCAA Tournament After Missing Out in Jerome Tang's Second Season

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Kansas State aims to return to the NCAA Tournament after missing out last year. The Wildcats have made several key additions to their roster, including Coleman Hawkins, Dug McDaniel, and Achor Achor. They will also welcome back senior David N'Guessan and incoming freshman Ugonna Onyenso and Baye Fall.

Once a Top 25 team on the rise, Kansas finds itself in desperation mode
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Once a Top 25 team on the rise, Kansas finds itself in desperation mode

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! LAWRENCE, Kan. — This was supposed to be the breakthrough year at Kansas, when a program Lance Leipold built from nationwide laughingstock to respectability took another step into the upper echelon of the Big 12 and, just maybe, the College Football Playoff. We’ve got to figure …

No. 19 Kansas faces Illinois at a sold-out Memorial Stadium
4 months ago

No. 19 Kansas faces Illinois at a sold-out Memorial Stadium

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Kansas’ resurgence under coach Lance Leipold reached new heights last season with a 9-4 record and a 49-36 win over UNLV in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl. Illinois: WR Pat Bryant: He caught two touchdown passes in last week’s win over Eastern Illinois and now has 11 …

No. 19 Kansas looks for signature road win against Illinois
4 months ago

No. 19 Kansas looks for signature road win against Illinois

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Among Kansas’ weapons are quarterback Jalon Daniels, who missed much of last season with a back injury after being named the preseason Big 12 Player of the Year, and running back Devin Neal, who has 13 career 100-yard rushing games. But he’s a running QB.” Praise …

No. 22 Kansas begins season vs Lindenwood at Children’s Mercy Park as its stadium gets rebuilt
4 months, 1 week ago

No. 22 Kansas begins season vs Lindenwood at Children’s Mercy Park as its stadium gets rebuilt

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The steel girders that are rising around the Anderson Family Football Complex, which No. That will be underscored on Thursday night, when they head down Interstate 70 to Children’s Mercy Park to play Lindenwood, the first of two nonconference games that the Jayhawks will play at the home of Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City. And along with the …

Kansas hopes a healthy Jalon Daniels under center can take the Jayhawks from good to great in Big 12
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kansas hopes a healthy Jalon Daniels under center can take the Jayhawks from good to great in Big 12

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Jalon Daniels contorted himself for the cameras, posing just about every way imaginable, and the back that has given the Kansas quarterback so much consternation the past couple of years seemed to effortlessly twist in myriad directions. “Shoot, all the stuff they do behind over here,” Kansas coach Lance Leipold said, gesturing toward the photo and video …

No. 19 Kansas will try to stay in the Big 12 title picture as Texas Tech comes to town
1 year, 2 months ago

No. 19 Kansas will try to stay in the Big 12 title picture as Texas Tech comes to town

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Joey McGuire did what just about every Texas Tech coach has done when playing Kansas over the years: He won. McGuire said during a TV interview before the season, “Don’t go in our locker room and say we can’t win the Big 12, because you might not make it out of there.” The Red Raiders have struggled …

Kansas overcomes early struggles, overwhelms Missouri State late in 48-17 win
1 year, 4 months ago

Kansas overcomes early struggles, overwhelms Missouri State late in 48-17 win

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Jason Bean could have transferred out of Kansas after losing the starting quarterback job to Jalon Daniels. Still dealing with a back injury, Daniels sat out the Jayhawks’ season-opener against Missouri State, and Bean responded by throwing for 276 yards and two touchdowns while helping Kansas overcome a slow start in a 48-17 victory over the Bears. …

No. 1 seed Kansas cruises past Howard with Self still absent
1 year, 9 months ago

No. 1 seed Kansas cruises past Howard with Self still absent

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Jalen Wilson had 20 points and seven rebounds for No. 1 seed and defending national champion Kansas, which allowed absent and recovering coach Bill Self to rest a bit more comfortably during a 96-68 victory over Howard on Thursday in a West Region first-round game. Shy Odom had 15 points and eight rebounds and Steve Settle …

No. 3 Kansas beats West Virginia 78-61 without ailing Self
1 year, 10 months ago

No. 3 Kansas beats West Virginia 78-61 without ailing Self

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— Kansas assistant Norm Roberts was sitting inside T-Mobile Center on Wednesday night, scouting potential Big 12 Tournament quarterfinal opponents, when he learned that Jayhawks coach Bill Self had gone to the emergency room. “When we found out, we didn’t really let the guys know until this morning,” Roberts said after cruising to a 78-61 win over West Virginia on …

No. 14 TCU hands No. 2 Kansas worst home loss in 2 years
1 year, 11 months ago

No. 14 TCU hands No. 2 Kansas worst home loss in 2 years

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Shahada Wells scored 17 points as No. “Everything they did was perfect today,” Self said of TCU’s effort. “We didn’t guard very well and the good looks we had we missed.” TCU, which shot 54.4% from the field, got 15 points from Mike Miles Jr. and 11 from Damion Baugh. “We came off a tough loss at …

No. 6 Kansas routs Mizzou 95-67 in first visit in 10 years
2 years, 1 month ago

No. 6 Kansas routs Mizzou 95-67 in first visit in 10 years

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The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! All that McCullar heard by the end was the haunting refrain of “Rock Chalk Jayhawk.” McCullar finished with 21 points, Jalen Wilson had 24 points and 10 rebounds, and the sixth-ranked Jayhawks pounded their old Big 12 foe 95-67 on Saturday night in just their …

K-State to face KU with Big 12 title game possibly at stake
2 years, 1 month ago

K-State to face KU with Big 12 title game possibly at stake

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MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State will know before its rivalry game Saturday whether it needs to beat Kansas for a 14th consecutive time to earn a rematch with TCU in the Big 12 championship game. “That’s what we’re worried about.” The Wildcats have reached the Big 12 title game twice, most recently beating Oklahoma in 2003 before the game went …

No. 5 Kansas opening season without Hall of Fame coach Self
2 years, 2 months ago

No. 5 Kansas opening season without Hall of Fame coach Self

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — There will be something missing from what should have been a festive occasion Monday night at Kansas, when the No. “Norm and I have been together off-and-on since ‘95,” Self said, “and he’ll probably be a voice that the players probably enjoy and respect hearing far more than they have been hearing. I don’t know anybody can …

No. 5 Kansas out to defend national title with new roster
2 years, 2 months ago

No. 5 Kansas out to defend national title with new roster

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas had a reputation in some corners of college basketball as being a great regular-season team, one that would dominate the Big 12 and win high-profile non-conference games, only to struggle in the postseason. “We talk about this all the time, you know, it’s much easier to have a great team than a great program,” Self said …

Kansas officially signs 2 of top college hoops transfers
3 years, 7 months ago

Kansas officially signs 2 of top college hoops transfers

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LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas coach Bill Self acknowledged in the aftermath of one of the worst NCAA Tournament losses in program history that the Jayhawks had to get more athletic and more dynamic if they wanted to once again be title contenders. The Jayhawks announced high-scoring Arizona State transfer Remy Martin and versatile Iowa State guard Jalen Coleman-Lands had officially …

No. 1 Louisville breezes past EKU; No. 2 Kansas also wins
5 years ago

No. 1 Louisville breezes past EKU; No. 2 Kansas also wins

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TUCSON, Ariz. — Jordan Nwora scored 26 points, Steven Enoch had 23 and No. 12 AUBURN 67, SAINT LOUIS 61 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — J’Von McCormick scored 20 points, freshman Isaac Okoro added 12 and Auburn improved to 9-0, beating Saint Louis in the Mike Slive Invitational at Legacy Arena. Jeffries and Tyler Harris each scored 11 points and Baugh added …

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